The End of the Address Book
A few years ago I ran a Web Annotation start-up called Fleck.com. We decided to print businesscards showing nothing but our names and emailaddresses and annotate them as needed. I don’t think we ever had to annotate anything however. Once people have your emailaddress then they pretty much have everything else too. We still have [...]
New look BBC iPlayer goes live
One of the UK’s best-loved websites, the BBC iPlayer has just launched its radically overhauled new look after a three-month beta period.
The new site offers a sleek new design, personalisation features and integration with Facebook and Twitter to make sharing programmes easier.
As we reported at the weekend, the BBC sees this new, more social iPlayer [...]
Audioboo launches “social voicemail”, with help from Stephen Fry
Audioboo, the ‘instant podcasting’ service for iPhone, Android and the web, is introducing an intriguing new feature today – the ability to leave anyone else on the service a voicemail message without having to know their phone number.
The new ‘Messages’ function allows you to either record an audio message or upload an audio file to [...]
Fake iPhone 5 Prototype leaves me wanting…
Image via HandyFlash.de
When I look at my iPad and iPhone 4 I can’t help but realize that one day we will regard them as dated and old. Imagine one day passing a garbage can and seeing a discarded iPad there. You will look at it, shrug, and move on. Just like you would do if [...]
iPad Video Calls Coming Soon?
We are aware there could be changes to Apple’s line-up of iPad devices, there have been reports suggesting a new 9.7-inch iPad with a new ARM Cortex-A9-based processor with 512MB RAM and a second 7-inch iPad featuring a Cortex-A9 processor and an IPS panel could be coming next year.
9to5mac have come across a very [...]
New MeeGo User Interface Screens Emerge
We have been keeping up with the progress of Nokia’s and Intel’s collabortaive mobile operating system, bringing you screenshots of its first stable release to developers.
Over the weekend, new shots emerged of the MeeGo UI, showing us that the OS is continuing to be highly customizable, giving the user the option to completely change the [...]
News Digital Media acquires Australian price comparison site GetPrice
News Digital Media, the digital division of News Limited, has acquired Australia’s largest price comparison site, GetPrice, for an undisclosed amount.
The full acquisition was completed in several rounds over several years.
News Digital Media initially acquire a significant minority share in the company in October 2007 along with two further options, which it has now exercised. In [...]
Question: What are 5 things we’d like to see Quora offer?
One of the most talked about websites to come out of beta in 2010 in Silicon Valley has been question and answer site Quora. Quora does a number of things correctly aimed at getting its users to both ask and answer questions, however, the still very new service still has some features and issues that [...]
You Know Who Likes WikiLeaks? Fidel Castro.
An editorial yesterday in the LA Times called “Fidel Castro, Internet Junkie” says the 84-year-old Cuban reads 200 to 300 online articles a day, and “is fascinated by WikiLeaks”.
The LA Times article is based on an lengthy interview Castro did with the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, where he reportedly said that the Internet, “has put [...]
iTunes Ping and Game Center, Apple’s answer to Windows Phone 7
At Apple’s music event they introduced Ping – a social network for music that lets you follow users/artists and comment on their activities. The other important announcement Apple made was about Game Center going live soon.
Over the past few days it has been interesting to follow the event’s coverage because you know who has both [...]
Angry Birds: How one little game signals the rise of Android apps.
Without a doubt, one of the most awaited titles for Android was a simple game. That game, of course, was Angry Birds.In fact, for the past 3 months, it has been one of the search terms that has brought the most notable traffic to our Apps channel here on TNW.
Then, a few days ago, it [...]
The dirty truth about Infographics!
I never knew this, now I understand why there are always so many interesting infographics like this one:
The New iTunes 10 icon: sucks or rocks?
Just in case you’ve missed it: Apple released iTunes 10 last week and it has a new icon. In theory that wouldn’t be worth blogging about but as these things go there has been a major uprising among iTunes users who think the new logo is dumb, ugly, misplaced or simply boring.
Some people want the [...]
Job 2.0? Whatever…
Early last week, TNW’s very own Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten posted an article titled “Job 2.0 – The End of Profession.” The general idea: having a job isn’t the be all end all these days. People don’t have jobs anymore, or, if they do, they have a lot of other occupations alongside it and they [...]
New look BBC iPlayer set to launch within days
The new-look version of the BBC’s iPlayer TV and radio on demand service is set to go live early next week following a three-month beta period.
The new look site is a significant upgrade on the previous site, offering a sleek new design, personalisation features and integration with Facebook and Twitter to make sharing programmes easier.
In [...]
Apple: One Million Ping Signups In Under 48 Hours
Apple’s Ping music social network has been met with all sorts of user opinions; some love it, some hate it, others recognise it has potential if it continues to innovate and evolve.
Late yesterday, Apple announced that over one million people have already signed up to its Ping social network, a milestone achieved in less than [...]
Apple UK Website Confirms September 8th iOS 4.1 Release
We may have already instructed you on how to upgrade your Apple device to iOS 4.1 a little earlier than the Cupertino-based company would have liked but today Apple have confirmed the official release date of its iOS 4.1 firmware; the 8th September.
Posting up a new page on the iPhone Update section of its website, [...]
Google found liable in German YouTube copyright case; intends to appeal.
YouTube shall not, according to a ruling by a German court today, publish videos and must provide information to settle compensation for a holder claiming copyright to Sarah Brightman performances. The suit, which has been tied up in German court for quite some time, finalized today in a 60-page ruling.
Google will, according to a statement [...]
The Google Buzz lawsuits are finally settled. $8.5 million to be paid.
In a strange bit of serendipity, we’re learning now that the lawsuits filed shortly after the launch of Google’s Buzz are being settled on the same day that Google announces its newly-revamped privacy options.
According to Reuters, Google will set back $8.5 million to cover attorney fees, with the remainder being donated to organizations that are [...]
Facebook displaying liked articles in search. Google last seen attempting to care.
There’s a story circulating today about how Facebook is testing a feature of its search function. The feature, it is said in an article on All Facebook, will allow news articles that have been “Liked” to show up in the search stream on Facebook. The question that must be raised by this, of course, is [...]
You Are Now My Inbox Peasant – Confessions Of An Email Slob
Despite my using Gmail for most of this past decade, I am surprisingly bad at it. I never archive. My label use is pathetic. Gmail Labs is an unexplored, foreign world. I have 46,919 unread emails right now, and it will be much higher by the end of the day.
Most of all though, I don’t [...]
Upcoming Media & Tech Events You Should Be Attending [Discounts & Free Tickets]
We’re starting a fortnightly series of posts giving you the heads up on interesting upcoming events in the media and technology space. For all mentioned events we’ve organized a special discount for TNW readers, so make sure to check here before you decide to buy a ticket. This post is supported by PressDoc for Events
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Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire.
Mark Cuban. Brilliant, entrepreneurial, and in need of something.
For those unfamiliar with Mark Cuban, here’s a brief, emphasizing brief, overview of the last 10+ years of his life. Cuban, who along with Todd Wagner, started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in college basketball and webcasting. This venture grew into what would eventually become Broadcast.com, acquired [...]
Angry Birds beta now available for Android
We’ve waited, and so have you, to get a look at Angry Birds on the Android. The wait, it seems, is over. Well, sort of. The version that is now available from the Android Market is beta, and so there might be some bugs. But it’s also free. We did a quick play through the [...]
Have a great idea? A chance to put your best “face” forward and “ping” a billionaire.
Mark Cuban. Brilliant, entrepreneurial, and in need of something.
For those unfamiliar with Mark Cuban, here’s a brief, emphasizing brief, overview of the last 10+ years of his life. Cuban, who along with Todd Wagner, started Audionet, combining their mutual interest in college basketball and webcasting. This venture grew into what would eventually become Broadcast.com, acquired [...]
Google Simplifies Its Privacy Policies, Takes Effect October 3
Google has just announced that it is “trimming” its privacy policies, eliminating 12 redundant product-specific policies and simplifying its overall privacy policy. The policy changes take effect on October 3 (i.e. one month from now). Here’s what Google had to say on it’s Official Blog:
“So we’re simplifying and updating Google’s privacy policies. To be clear, [...]
Apple Building 2 Million iPads Monthly
Apple’s iPad is a monster hit, making it a product that Apple wants to ensure is as available as possible. Throughout the early days of its life, production lag and delays were the name of the iPad ordering game.
No more. The time required between ordering and iPad and having it be shipped to you has dropped to [...]
Foodie geeks rejoice. Cooklet makes cooking even more fun.
TNW Quick Hit
Cooklet is an “international culinary platform” for organizing recipes, finding new ones and getting cooking tips.
Love It: Really slick design. Great organization.
Hate It: Being international, there is sometimes a language barrier.
Overall: 4/5
The Details
One part that my bio doesn’t say about me is that I’m a foodie. I absolutely love to eat, and I [...]
Google music service “to launch before Christmas”
Rumours have been rife for months that Google would be making a serious play in the music sphere and it looks like that might be happening sooner rather than later.
Reuters reports that Google is in talks with record labels to decide how a music service from the company would work and that something is hoped [...]
How many people are actually using Twitter?
As we reported earlier, Twitter has published new figures showing that it now has 145 million registered users. The thing is, that doesn’t really tell us much about how many people are actually using the service.
“Registered users” is very different to “Active users”. Facebook, for example, announced in July that it had over 500 million [...]
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